IT HAPPENED THIS WEEK
May 19, 2010
By Joel Forman
Compared to last week, this week's meeting opened on time, giving hope that our prez has some executive traits. After a brief discussion
with the prez, about vacations, Joe (the plumber) Davidson remembered he was called up to do the invocation. This was quickly followed by Ernie Garza who led us the pledge. Yours truly led the patriotic song in "God Bless America". Unfortunately, our prez lapsed back into his marsupial origins when he resumed the meeting eight minutes late, since the excuse was that he forgot his watch.
We had two visiting Rotarians: Michael Newman and our perpetual guest Art Rangel. Dieter Holberg led us in the welcome song. Apparently everyone is healthy, since there were no health updates. Let us stay that way. Next came the announcements:
Linda Black announced at the recently concluded District Convention our club won five district awards:
Communications/Public Relations
Membership
Club Services
Vocational Service
Foundation
We should be proud of our accomplishments in the last year. Carmela Raack was awarded a rare and highly prestigious award by the District that very few people ever receive. Because of her consistent and devoted service to Rotary, Carmela was recognized as a member of the District 5280 Hall of Fame. This is the second major award that Carmela has received. Several years ago, Carmela received the Service Above Self Award from Rotary International, an award that very few people ever get. Great job Carmela
Carmela then announced that she has shoe boxes that can be filled with many different kinds of badly needed supplies for Haiti to help them recover from the devastating earthquake they suffered earlier this year. Pat Cashin also won an award for long time service.
Dieter mentioned that he has tickets to a play "Cash in Delvey". Lastly, Allan Goldman announced there will be a Foundation Board meeting May 24th. This was followed by Alan receiving a card with a
picture of a blender on it. The story behind this card is that at a previous demotion party, someone put a goldfish and orange juice in a blender to make an unusual drink. Perhaps. The real story is that Allan had some battery acids left over from his "Battery Plus" store, mixed them and blended them together to create a most unusual diuretic. This was followed by Chris King checking to make sure that those not wearing a badge or a pin will voluntarily enrich the treasury by $4.99.
This week's program was the craft talk by new member Andrew Sisolak. He spoke eloquently about his lifelong interest in Scouting. Now, he and his wife, who were recently married, are both devoted to Scouting. With community service an integral part of his life, we look forward to Andrew spending many years of active participation in Rotary.
Have a great week Rotarians.
Rotary Moments
Announcements
Culver City Rotary Community Foundation
The Foundation will be holding its annual election for 2 seats on the board. Cy Pierce and Bruce Jagger have agreed to serve another term, and we will also be taking nominations from the floor. Election shall be held at the meeting in June at Rotary Plaza.
Allan Goldman
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The Book...
.. is at Deano's Motel located at 3868 Sepulveda Boulevard, Culver City, just south of Venice Boulevard. Please stop by and see how President Bill makes it all happen.
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District 5280 eYellow Pages
Take advantage of posting your business information and searching for other businesses on the Rotary eYellow Pages. It's simple and free! Click on the Rotary eYellow Pages link on the District Web site or go to
www.yp5280.org .________________________________________________
Make Ups....
Please email your make up information to Darlene Kiyan at darlenekiyan@ymcala.org.
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CALENDAR
June
June 2nd - Paula Clamurro, American Red Cross, "Introduction to Red Cross"
June 9th - Culver City Rotary Community Foundation Annual Meeting at Rotary Plaza
June 16th - Bryon Mooney, Craft Talk
June 26th - Demotion Party
Future Planning Dates
Board of Directors Meetings - Third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 at the Radisson Hotel
Culver City Interact Club Meetings - Thursdays, C.C. High School, Room 20 at 12:20
More Details and the District Calendar can be found at the following web pages: CCRC Calendar:
http://www.culvercityrotary.org/ District 5280 Calendar : http://www.rotary5280la.org/Make-ups at Nearby Clubs:
Monday:
Beverly Hills, 12:15 pm, Beverly Hills HotelTuesday:
Playa Sunrise, 7:15 am, Courtyard by Marriott-MDRInglewood, 12:10 pm, Hollywood Park Casino
WLA/Brentwood, 12:15 pm, Chez Mimi
Wednesday:
Malibu, 7:15 am, Pepperdine UniversityCentury City, 12:00 pm, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel
Latinos Unidos, 7:00 pm, Truxton's American Bistro 8611 Truxton Avenue, LA 90045
Thursday:
Pacific Palisades, 7:30 am, Village Pantry, 1035 Swarthmore Ave., Pacific PalisadesVenice, 7:30 am, Firehouse Restaurant, 213 Rose Ave, Venice, 90291
Friday:
Santa Monica, 12:00 pm, Riviera Country ClubOfficers and Directors of the Culver City Rotary Club
President - Bill Gardner
Secretary - Darlene Kiyan
Treasurer - Chris King
Immediate Past President - Kathy Haworth
President Elect - Linda Black
Dir-Club Service-Ops - Tim Messmer
Dir-Club Service-Special Events - Victor Gallardo
Dir-Vocational Service - Scott Easley
Dir-Community/Youth Svc - Chris King
Dir-International Service - Craig Ferre
Director at Large - Cy Pierce
http://culvercityrotary.org/contacts.htm
Current District Governor Current Rotary International President
Susanne Sundberg John Kenny
Governor District 5280 Theme: "The Future of Rotary is in
Your Hands"
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